DONT WANT TO LOSE MY 1200 SONGS

My mp3 player was stuck in recovery, have tried disc cleanup and know i guess the only option is to reformat (any other suggestions please help!!!). I am overseas and dont go home for three months. I dont want to lose my songs, i dont have my usb with me. If i cant fix when i get home can i somehow transfer the songs onto the computer before reformating? I dont have the songs backed up on the computer i transferred them straight from cd?s. PLEASE HELP I MISS MY METAL!!!!!!

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Need help with my nano. My pc wont recognize it after a pc reformat. I don't want to lose all my songs.

Hello Jeanne
If you are having issues with your iPod not showing up on your computer then check out the article below. What you need to figure out is if it does not show up at all or if it is just iTunes.
iPod not appearing in iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3716
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HT1688 all i want to do is add songs from my new computer to my iphone 4s. But that doesnot seem to be working.. Itunes wnats me to sync and lose all my music on my iphone. This is very frustrating i dont want to lose over 700 songs!!!!

Itunes is not letting me add songs from my new computer to my iphone.
Instead it wants me to sync my music library and lose all the songs on my phone. i have over 700 songs i cannot lose them just because i want to add 10 new songs... PLEASE HELP. also i am using the new CONFUSSING ITUNES 11.

This has always been the case.
All iphones have always only synced to one computer at a time.
Syncing to another will indeed erase the current content and replace with content from the new computer.
Copy everything from your old computer, or your backup copy of your old computer, to the new one.

I want to update my iphone 4 on a new computer i have never used before but i dont want to lose all my data what can i do to save songs, contacts, games etc

I need to update my iphone 4 but have never used this computer before and i dont want to lose all my songs contacts and games can anyone help me find out if its possible and how to do it im desperate.

Or just wait until you can use the computer you used previously. If that isn't possible see Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.
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My computer crashed and once restored I could only sync purchased content. I dont want to lose my non-ITunes puchased content. What can I do?

My computer crashed and once restored I could only sync "purchased content". I dont want to lose over 500 songs. My ITunes file now only contained the "purchased content" items. My Ipod Touch still contains all the original music. HELP!! How can I download music from my IPod Touch and somehow get it into my computer (ITunes Lirbary)...... Can I down load my content to a computer that does not have ITunes installed?

See this older post from another forum member Zevoneer covering the different ways to copy content (including non-iTunes purchased content) from your iPod back to your PC.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2452022?start=0&tstart=0
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How do I load new songs when my ipod was loaded by somone else itune acct. I have my own account and dont want to lose what I have loaded on it

I have an ipod, 4 g, my girlfriend loaded it with 700 songs but she is no longer a girlfriend and I signed up to my own itune account and want to load new songs, how can i save whats on there and also create my own data base of songs, i dont want to lose anything on the ipod

It sounds like you definitely want to turn off the auto-sync before you hook your iPod up to the computer
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    2) Preferences -> Devices -> check the box that says "Prevent iPods from syncing automatically
That way you can manually add songs to your iPod (using iTunes) without your iPod removing the songs on it

Need help bad. Installed new HD and I dont want to lose my music on ipod

Can someone please help I had a HD crash and had to install a new HD. but when I plug my ipod into my computer it is telling me I have to reformat. I have allot of songs I purchsed and I dont want to lose them.
Is there a way to transfer playlists and songs with out formatting?
Please help
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Check out the instructions/suggestions here.
Music from iPod to computer (using option 2). This a manual method using "hidden folders" and although it works, it can be messy.
Much easier ways are to use one of the many 3rd party programs that copy music from the iPod to the computer.
One of the most recommended is Yamipod. This is a free program that transfers music and playlists etc from iPod back to the computer. However, it does not transfer playcounts/ratings etc.
Another free program is Pod Player.
There is also CopyPod. This does preserve ratings/playcounts etc if those are important to you but this program is not free. It also supports video transfer.

Dont want to lose music

My iPod was formatted on a PC and has about 2,000 songs on it. Now I want to use it on my Mac but i dont want to lose all of the music that is on there already. How do I add more music with my Mac without losing the music that is on there already?

forget it then ill restore it

I need to update my software but i dont want to lose all of my content. This is a new computer i am updating from and it doesnt have any of my content on it.

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- If you have a 1G ipod you can't update past 3.1.3. To identify yourd see:
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- Be aware that if you can/do update the iOS to the latest (4.2.1 for a 2G and 4.3.4 for a 3G) you may not be able to sync to the old computer since that computer will need the latest iTunes to see/sync with the update iPod. Yo need an Max with at least OSX 10.5.8.
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new PC: Apple Support Communities
Unless you can move/copy the iPod backup file to the new computer you will loose all app data and restore from that backup. That file is located:
Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/
Windows XP: \Documents and Settings\(username)\Application Data\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\
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Help?? new computer and new itunes. dont want to lose information

We have 2 iphones with Sprint service - which means no SIM card. We just purchased a new computer. I downloaded itunes to the new computer since it was not pre-installed. I transfered the info from our old computer to the new one using an easy transfer cable. Our music is now in the new itunes, though not all of the playlists transfered, which is no problem. When I plug the iphone into the new computer, a message appears that all data will be erased from the phone if I continue. I dont want to lose the contacts, apps, etc by going forward. The music can be reselected so that is not an issue but the contacts and other info would be a nightmare if lost. Sprint doesn't have SIM cards, so that isn't an option to save contacts.
It was also a nightmare having 2 iphones connecting to the same itunes, so I would like to have 1 iphone to the new computer and the other iphone to our laptop. When I connect the iphone to the laptop, I get the same message.
Also, there were purchased music on both iphones - will I lose those purchases?
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Did you not copy your contacts from the old comtuer to the new one? You should copy everything from the old computer.
BTW iphone stores nothing at all on the SIM card, so that would not matter anyway.
You need to transfer anything purchased on the iphone to your comptuer: File>Transfer Purchases

How can I sync my iPad to a computer after syncing it to the iCloud? I have the option of setting it up new, or restoring to a sync from many months ago. I dont want to lose any apps but I would like to back up on computer. No auto sync like other devices

How can I sync my iPad to a computer after syncing it to the iCloud? I have the option of setting it up new, or restoring to a sync from many months ago. I dont want to lose any apps but I would like to back up on computer. No auto sync like other devices.

Plug it into your computer. Tell it to sync with "this computer" instead of iCloud. You shouldn't have to remove any apps. Otherwise, you can save the app data by using i-FunBox ( http://www.i-funbox.com/ ) just go to the "devices" tab and select 'user applications' and select all of your apps and tell iFunBox to "copy to pc" you're done! You have them all backed up.

I was downloading the update on my iphone4 and then it turned off and told me to connect to itunes and now it wants me to recover it but i dont want to lose my stuff

I was in school earlier today and noticed that my iphone 4 needed an update, so started the update then after like 2 mintues my phone turns off and when i tried to turn it back on it told me to connect to itunes. Now im connected and it tells me i must restore my phone...And i really dont want to lose my pictures and stuff like that so someone please tell me what i can do...

Sorry, you have no choice but to restore your phone now. If your data was not backed up before you attempted to update, it is gone.
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A flashing question mark or globe appears when you start your Mac
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d. The disk drive is physically non-functional - Replace the hard drive.
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HT4097 when i turned on my ipad it has the itunes logo on it. It says it is in recovery mode and that i have to restore it. I dont want to lose my photos I have stored on it. I tried the suggestions from above but nothing works. What can I do

When I turned on my ipad the itunes logo is on it. I cant get to my home screen. I plugged it to my computer and went to the itunes and it states that the ipad is in recovery mode and that I have to do a restore. I have some important photos on it that I dont want to lose. Is there a way I can restore it without losing the photos. I tried the suggestions on this site but it dont work. My last resort is to restore it if I have to. Also, when Im on the itunes site it does say that i can update on March 15th Can anyone help? Thanks

Then you can select that backup to restore from if you want. If it is an old backup - then you will be restoring the iPad to the condition that it was on that date. You mentioned March 15 in your first post. If your only backup is from last year, then you will lose all of the photos that you have taken since then.
When you post back, include details ...not just a one sentence statement. Its difficult to ascertain exactly what you are experiencing without specific details.

I updated my iphone 5 and now it is telling me to be able to work i had to connect it to itunes and itunes it telling me that i have to restore my iphone. what can i do? i dont want to lose all my pictures and stuff like that.

I updated my iphone 5 and now it is telling me to be able to work i had to connect it to itunes and itunes it telling me that i have to restore my iphone. what can i do? i dont want to lose all my pictures and stuff like that.

Something went wrong with the update, this can and does happen with every version of iOS.
There is nothing wrong with the update.
Simply restore the device via iTunes on the computer.
If iTunes is stating it will take hours to update, that indicates an extremely slow Internet connection and is likely the reason the OTA update failed.

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